The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie
The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie
by Earl F. Bargainnier
University of Wisconsin Press, 1980 Cloth: 978-0-87972-158-9 | Paper: 978-0-87972-159-6 Library of Congress Classification PR6005.H66Z555 1980 Dewey Decimal Classification 823.912
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This study of the technique of Agatha Christie’s detective fiction—sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories—is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Earl F. Bargainnier was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles and edited Ten Women of Mystery and Twelve Englishmen of Mystery and co-edited Cops and Constables. Professor Bargainnier died January 3, 1987.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Preface
Golden Age Detective Fiction: An Introduction to Christie's Genre
Setting
Characters
Plot
Devices, Diversions, & Debits
Theme
The Achievement of Agatha Christie
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Characters
Index of Novel and Short Story Titles
Key to Documentation
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